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transport/resilience
Moving Toward
Climate-Resilient
Transport
The World Bank’s Experience from
Building Adaptation into Programs
Jane Olga Ebinger and Nancy Vandycke
Moving Toward
Climate-Resilient
Transport
The World Bank’s Experience from
Building Adaptation into Programs
Jane Olga Ebinger
Nancy Vandycke
© 2015 Transport & ICT Global Practice
The World Bank Group
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Internet: http://www.worldbank.org/transport, http://www.worldbank.org/ict
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This volume is a product of staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank. The findings,
interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Direc
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CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . .
LIST OF BOXES, FIGURES, AND TABLES Box 1
FOREWORD T he economic, social, and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T his rep
ACRONYMS °C Degrees Centi
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operat
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY T ransp
1 “We are committed to scaling up our suppo
Introduction T ransport plays a
BOX 1 Terms and Concepts Adaptation constitute
2 “Countries are investing massively in tra
Vulnerability of Transport Systems to Climate Ris
TABLE 1 Examples of Potential Impacts of Climat
FIGURE 2 Vulnerability to the Risks of Climate
TABLE 2 Vietnam, Can Tho City: Costs to Transpo
existing transport network. For example, if corn
3 “The financing of climate action is a col
Responding to Demand for Adaptation Action O
BOX 2 Risk Management and Climate Change Adapta
TABLE 4 MDBs Adaptation Finance millions of dol
4 “Economic thinking on adaptation has evol
Toward Climate-Resilient Transport Systems H
4 .1 Framework to Integrate Climate
FIGURE 5 Framework to Integrate Climate Resilie
BOX 3 Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk Con
BOX 5 Accessibility and Resilience of Road Netw
CLICK BOX TO READ MORE . . . BOX 6 Vulnerabilit
BOX 7 Integrating Disaster Risk into the Lifecy
Belize has most of its population and key economi
FIGURE 6 Climate and Disaster Risk Screening Me
CLICK BOX TO READ MORE . . . BOX 9 Building Res
FIGURE 7 Cost-Benefit Assessment of Options for
BOX 10 Toward Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
BOX 11 Decision Making under Uncertainty in Afr
BOX 12 Risk Planning and Resilient Infrastructu
accountability; and building capacity to manage c
BOX 13 Moving toward Climate Resilience through
5 “The case for climate action has never been
Opportunities and the Way Forward T
REFERENCES ADB. 2011. “Guidelines for Cl
Dercon, S., Gilligan, D.O., Hoddinott, J., Woldeh
Lefevre, B., D. Leipziger, and M. Raifman. 2014.
Titus, J. 2002. “Does Sea Level Rise Matter to
World Bank. 2014a. “Can Tho, Vietnam: Enhancing
ANNEX 1 CLIMATE FINANCE TRACKING T
While mitigation projects often may be classified
ANNEX 2 WORLD BANK ADAPTATION PROJECTS IN THE T
Project Name Hard Measures Soft Measures Capaci
Project Name Hard Measures Soft Measures Capaci
Project Name Hard Measures Soft Measures Capaci
Project Name Hard Measures Soft Measures Capaci
ANNEX 3 ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF BELIZE’S TRANSP
FIGURE 8 Flood Susceptibility Analysis Approach:
FIGURE 10 Priority Areas for Climate Resilience